Quick Start Guide Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB Stick Designed for Vodafone
Welcome to the world of mobile communications 1 Welcome 2 Set up your USB Stick 3 Start the application 4 Connect – Standard window 5 Settings – Advanced window 6 SMS text messaging 8 SMS contacts 9 USB Stick LED lights 9 Signal strength 10 Hints and tips 12 Glossary
Welcome Your new Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB Stick lets you connect your computer to the internet over the Vodafone highspeed mobile phone network. Browse the web You can now access the web and any other internet service wherever there’s a mobile phone network. Pick up emails Keep up to date with your emails, wherever you are. You can also access your personal email accounts – even web-based accounts like Hotmail.
Set up your USB Stick • Insert your SIM as shown. • If you are using a MicroSD memory card with your Stick (to allow your Stick to behave as a flash memory drive), insert the card as shown. • Plug the USB Stick firmly into your computer’s USB port.
Start the application On Microsoft Windows computers The first time you plug your USB Stick into your computer, it should be set up automatically. If for some reason setup does not start, right-click on the VMC Lite 10.x.x.x drive in ‘My Computer’, (Start menu>Computer on Vista), select ‘Explore’ and doubleclick the file called setup_vmb_lite.exe on the USB Stick. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Connect – Standard window 1 Connect/Disconnect Connect to the internet via the mobile phone network or Wi-Fi, to browse the web or use email 2 Status Check the status of the current connection 3 Start SMS application Send, receive and manage SMS messages and contacts 4 Advanced Switch to Advanced to show more detail 5 Help View Help topics As a rule, anywhere you can make a call on your mobile phone, you should be able to open a mobile connection.
Settings – Advanced window 6 Application menu View Options, Support and Updates, or exit the application 7 Views Check the status of all connections, prioritise connections, check your usage, and manage devices or shortcuts 8 Ribbon Customise settings for the items in each view 9 Connections View the status of all connection types 10 The connection type icons are animated whenever a connection is open.
SMS Text Messaging Click SMS on the Shortcuts bar at the bottom of the Vodafone Mobile Broadband Lite application to open the SMS application. To send an SMS Click New at the left-hand end of the SMS toolbar to create a new SMS text message. The number displayed to the person who receives your message will be from your data SIM, not your mobile phone. Use a short ‘signature’ to make sure people know you sent them a message: Settings/Messages/ Signature.
Receiving SMS When you receive a new message, an SMS Notification is shown briefly so you can respond to it directly. The received message can also be read from the Inbox in the main SMS window. The SMS application will receive text messages whenever you have mobile network coverage.
SMS Contacts Click Contacts on the SMS navigation bar to open the Contacts list, in which you can save SMS numbers that you use frequently as contacts with names. New SMS Contact Clicking the New button on the SMS toolbar opens a new contact window. Enter the name and number of your contact using the international format for the number, eg. +447774477000.
USB Stick LED lights The LED light on your USB Stick shows which kind of mobile network has been found, and whether the USB Stick is connected to that network. Green blinking A GPRS network has been found – you could connect Green solid Connected via GPRS Blue blinking A 3G network has been found – you could connect Blue solid Connected via 3G Light blue solid Connected via 3G Broadband.
Hints and tips If you don’t see your USB Stick in the list of devices – Remove the USB Stick – Re-start your computer – Re-insert the USB Stick.
If you have problems when roaming – Check if you can manually select a network, as described in ‘If no network can be found’ above, especially if the name of the current network in the Mobile Connections module is not Vodafone or a Partner – Contact Support, and check roaming is enabled for your account. If the connection keeps switching between GPRS and 3G For further help, please visit www.support. vodafone.com, or call Support on XXX or XXXXXXX. – Select a different bearer, eg.
Glossary Bearer Communication method used for data transport over the mobile network, eg. 3G Broadband, HSPA, 3G, etc. Built-in data card Mobile data card built into notebook computer. Enables data connections over the mobile phone network. Data card/USB A device for your computer that you can use to open a data stick connection over the mobile phone network. EDGE An enhancement to the GPRS bearer offering higher speeds, although not as fast as 3G Broadband.
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